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Motley Crue kicks off its new North American arena tour on Monday night (February 2nd) in San Diego as the band continues to promote its 2008 album Saints Of Los Angeles. The bill also includes Hinder, Theory of a Deadman, and band search contest winners The Last Vegas. This is...

AC/DC and Coldplay have both landed on a list of the 10 most expensive acts to see in concert in 2008, according to NoiseAddict.com. The list was compiled from a range of average prices on Ticketmaster, and did not include prices for resold or scalped tickets. AC/DC came in at...

A preview of Metallica's appearance on Katie Couric's one-hour All Access Grammy Special has popped up on YouTube. The special will February 4th on CBS, four days before the 51st Annual Grammy Awards are broadcast on the same network. In her promotional spots for the program,...

U2 has launched an effort to purchase Olympic Studios, a legendary London recording facility where the group did some work on its upcoming album, No Line on the Horizon. According to NME.com, the studio was recently put up for sale by its owner, EMI Music. Although U2 already...

Framing Hanley has added a slew of new dates to its current tour, with the trek now stretching into early March. As previously reported, the band will be shooting a live DVD on the tour, with more details to be announced. Framing Hanley is on the road in support of its debut...

Hinder has released the video for its latest single, "Up All Night," with the clip now streaming at the band's official website, Hindermusic.com. Singer Austin Winkler told us that the song itself is mostly about the band's nightly partying on the road, but was also inspired by...

Kid Rock, U2, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and Rihanna have all been added to the lineup of artists performing at the 51 Annual Grammy Awards, scheduled for February 8th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The newest additions to the roster of performers join previously...

White Stripes drummer Meg White is auctioning off the drum kit she played in the video for "The Hardest Button to Button," according to Gigwise.com. The kit is one of a number of music-related items going up for bids to raise money for Detroit musician Jim Shaw, who is going...

My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way has posted some thoughts at his official blog about the influence of the Watchmen comic book on his life. Writing at mychemicalromance.com, Way explained that at the age of 15, "I was reading the first chapter of the (Watchmen) graphic...